The Landing scene was enormously difficult to do. The cast had to be militarily trained to do as the actual soldiers would have done. Attention was paid to every little detail of costume and scenery and military equipment. Here are some images from behind the scenes of the movie. They show the stars relaxing between takes and the Director setting up shots. The photos provide an insight how a great war movie was made. However, Matt Damon reportedly did not undergo training.
It was thought it would help the cast build up some resentment for the actor, which would translate to a more authentic portrayal of their characters, onscreen.
In sending the cast to boot camp, Spielberg had the best intentions. That said, the whole course was so grueling that some of the actors thought about quitting the movie altogether. Former U. Marine Corps Captain Dale Dye was hired by Spielberg to mold the men into soldiers, as much as possible. Fortunately, Hanks convinced them to stay.
Spielberg did this to make sure that the actors in the movie understood where the story was going. While filming, however, the director realized that it had to be done. Omaha Beach is now a historical landmark and the surrounding area has been substantially redeveloped. The nearest match to stage the harrowing landing scenes was found on the southeast coast of the Republic of Ireland , at Balinesker Beach , Curracloe , just north of Wexford , about 70 miles south of Dublin rail: Wexford.
Machine gun positions and the massive x-shaped metal structures dropped to prevent just such a landing were built here. The actual filming took 15 days, after which every trace of the set was removed, and the beach painstakingly restored to its previous state. The airfield and aircraft factory was opened by the de Havilland company in In , it was taken over by Hawker Siddeley and, in , merged into British Aerospace.
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